Growth of Representative Government

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Which of the following describes a representative government? A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them, A small group of religious clerics making key decisions, One leader delegating specific tasks to assistants, Keeping power in one family for centuries

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A government made up of people chosen by their towns to represent them

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What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

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First document to create self-government in America

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What is the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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First representative legislature in the colonies

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What is the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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First written Constitution that listed the rights of citizens

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Why did the colonies begin practicing self-government in the colonies?

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Because they were so far away from the King in Great Britain (salutary neglect)

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What is the significance of the Magna Carta?

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It forbid the king from being too powerful.

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What is the British Parliament?

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A group of elected officials who make laws

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First Representative assembly in the colonies, established by the Virginia Company, and George Washington was a member.

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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What was the purpose and function of the House of Burgesses? Established in 1619 so colonists could make their own laws. First Representative government in America.

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Established in 1619 so colonists could make their own laws. First Representative government in America.

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First written constitution of the colonies/extended voting rights/Thomas Hooker

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut